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Ok, So I got this idea that I should write a simple script for my mom (technologically challenged) that when she clicked it would run a few programs (anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.) and then shut down the computer. Any suggestions on languages?

OK...I work offshore and give support to many platforms, but lately have been having issue. Using a LYNKSYS wireless-G 2.4 on an XP Home network. I have severel users that lately having a 50/50 chance of connecting. They are using XP, XP PRO, Vista and Vista Prem....Getting worse....Can ya"ll help?

I just reinstalled Windows XP after my Hard Drive died. IE won't go to any site with microsoft in the name. It shows me this "The web address you entered could not be found" and goes to AOL search. HELP!!

hi, i have windows 7 professional with a fax pci connected to a line i can receive and send fax using a account now i need share that fax with others users in same computer the problem is that i can´t see the fax in other account. i have this working in the way i describe in winxp but in wind7 this dont´work at same way. it´s this possible?...

Hi I am having two systems one is AMD 64bit and the other one is Intel pentium 4, 1.4ghz & 845chipset mercury mother board, 256md sd ram. windows xp recently i have taken BSNL dataone broadband connection, the problem is if i switch on the modem it hangs but amd is working fine. (require help for the same) tnx

Hiii I have 2 machine one is Domain Controller and the other is the Non Domain Controller .Both are Windows 2003 OS. In Non-Domain I have Created a shared Folder and wanted to access from Client machines (Login as domain user as wel as local Administrator ), I couldn't access it even if have given Full controll to Folder and shared the...

make a batch file which will backuo the home-directory of a user to a shared folder on a data basis. the backup should be named, for example for the date 07 feb 2007 as <username>-backup-2007-02-07. please send the answer to my e-mail address.

while i am configure LAN Network i have Deletewireless network does not have a valid ipd my home LAN Network which is displayed in the network and sharing later while i connect my notebook with wireless network i got this error "wireless network does not have a valid ip" please help me to solve this issue

Hi all, Any body knows any software to control XP using voice? Thanx >> ALI <<

When I connect my LAN (Broadband) cable in my HP430 the mouse and touch pad stops working but when I unplug everything came back to normal... I have Updated my bios and run the pc in safe mood with networking but the problem remains, Also every driver on my computer is up to date, Also the windows has been Last updated Yesterday (March 11, 2013).....

hai every body iam having pc with winxpsp2. from the three days. when i Right click the "C" Drive auto run is highiliting. pls give the answer i dont have any file autorun.ini in my c drive

Iam a sys admin in a firm and iam asked to give a configuration list of a server profile. As there are a lot of new servers now a days and also from the net i got some information still iam confused with it. About my organization iam having 200 systems connected on lan network of which 50 systems use internet connection. Most of the systems use...

We currently run D2D2T for backups, but we are reaching our capacity for both disc space as well as space in our tape auto loader. I was originally looking to replacing out current auto loader (AIT) with a newer auto loader (LTO3/LTO4) for added capacity as well as the speed increase. The issue here is that we use BE 9.1, and we do not have a...

I am trying to switch over to an arrow cursor when the user mouses over the client area of a Rich Edit control. I've tried two things: #1) capture WM_SETCURSOR: case WM_SETCURSOR: // when mouse over the client area of the rich-edit subwindow, // set the cursor to an arrow .. this is so the Navigator has a //...

I successfully installed apache2.0.5.4 and php5.0.4 in win32 (Windows xp) But IE-6 browser is not capable of showing PHP code contents . What caused to IE-6 ?

Dear Team, There is a problem with internet explorer 7 . when i upgrade my internet explorer 6 to its 7th version then everything is working well but when we open any intranet ftp then it open ftp and shows all its contents a web file while they are all folder and the problem is similar to all subfolder of its parents folder .and its all...

R:\temp>dir R:test1.odt /x Volume in drive R is Documents Volume Serial Number is 0D86-5A4E Directory of R:\temp 27-09-2013 18:36 7.739 test1.odt 1 File(s) 7.739 bytes 0 Dir(s) 478.599.548.928 bytes free

I can't see anything when I go to the Add/Remove programs. It is a blank screen. Is there a way to fix it?

Hi, I work at a help desk and we do a lot with WMI. A lot of machines have WMI issues, which can cause all kinds of errors. Is there a way to make a program to test that? or a script to run on the machine? Some of the errors that I see are like: Invalid Namespace, No Namespace, or Initalization Failure. Any help?

Hi all, When i double click on c or d drive it is not opening its contents...why is it so? and whenever i login into my system it is showing ur computer is at risk and it opens Security centre window....How to avoid this problem?My system is HCL Laptop...kindly suggest me...thanks in advance..

my ATI drivers do not instll " application has encountered a problem needs to close" i can't access my computer system manager or hardware manager! please help

When I SingOn on my computer , to all the people who are Online have send some RAR file witout I to send or to know is sended. In the rar file is have some exe file. Before the RAR file come to other people its come some message like "What do you think abot this picture i madet in Photoshop" and somethin like taht VACE

Does anybody knows a good (free) program to create and resize partitions in windows vista? I tried the build-in one, but that didn't work out very well. Yarr

I'm always confused of the differences between incremental backup and differential backup. Anyone here could help me, and give me an easy way to understand it. Thank u.

I have several different reports connected to a search form. I would like people to view the reports with different color backgrounds (which they already have), but I would like to know if I can set the properties of each report to print with no color in the background. Is that possible? Thanks